TY - BOOK AU - Goehring,Lucas AU - Nakahara,Akio AU - Dutta,Tapati AU - Kitsunezaki,So AU - Tarafdar,Sujata TI - Desiccation cracks and their patterns: formation and modelling in science and nature SN - 9783527412136 PY - 2015/// PB - WILEY KW - Condensed Matter N1 - Chapter, Lesson, Part; 1. Introduction; Chapter, Lesson, Part; 2. Elasticity; Chapter, Lesson, Part; 3. Fracture Mechanics; Chapter, Lesson, Part; 4. Poroelasticity; Chapter, Lesson, Part; 5. Colloids and Clays; Chapter, Lesson, Part; 6. Desiccation; Chapter, Lesson, Part; 7. Patterns of Crack Networks in Homogeneous Media; Chapter, Lesson, Part; 8. The Effects of Plasticity on Crack Formation; Chapter, Lesson, Part; 9. Special Topics; Cover, Title,Desiccation cracks and their patterns: formation and modelling in science and nature--Preface, Introduction, TOC,Contents--Preface, Introduction, TOC,Preface--Preface, Introduction, TOC,List of Symbols--References, Appendix, Index,Appendix A: A Primer on Vectors and Tensors--References, Appendix, Index,Appendix B: Fractals: Self-Similar and Self-Affine Systems--References, Appendix, Index,Appendix C: Formulation of Elastoplasticity Based on Dissipation Functions--References, Appendix, Index,Appendix D: Steady Propagating Solution of Langer Model--References, Appendix, Index,Appendix E: Stress Expression in Finite Deformation Theory--References, Appendix, Index,Index UR - http://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/WILEYB0000172.html ER -